Systems and methods for authorizing and processing reimbursements for services provided in the collection of implantable medical device data
First Claim
1. A system for processing reimbursements to physicians for participating in a medical study, comprising:
- a microprocessor-based controller; and
a computer readable medium, including instructions executable by the microprocessor-base controller to;
receive patient medical information from a physician relating to the medical study;
automatically validate the patient medical information;
upon validating the patient medical information, store a reimbursement record in a database, the reimbursement record indicating at least a reimbursement amount and the physician to be reimbursed; and
automatically process at least one reimbursement reimbursement to each physician having one or more reimbursement records in the database.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for processing reimbursements to physicians who participate in one or more medical studies, which typically require the physicians to perform procedures on patients. In one embodiment, the system comprises a microprocessor-based controller, and a computer readable medium, which includes instructions executable by the microprocessor-based controller. The instructions are adapted to cause the system to receive medical procedure information from the physicians for each procedure they perform on patients. The system further is adapted to automatically validate the medical procedure information, and upon validating the information, store a reimbursement record in a database for each procedure. In one embodiment, the reimbursement record indicates at least a reimbursement amount and the physician to be reimbursed. Finally, the system is adapted to automatically process at least one reimbursement reimbursement to each physician having reimbursement records in the database.
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1. A system for processing reimbursements to physicians for participating in a medical study, comprising:
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a microprocessor-based controller; and
a computer readable medium, including instructions executable by the microprocessor-base controller to;
receive patient medical information from a physician relating to the medical study;
automatically validate the patient medical information;
upon validating the patient medical information, store a reimbursement record in a database, the reimbursement record indicating at least a reimbursement amount and the physician to be reimbursed; and
automatically process at least one reimbursement reimbursement to each physician having one or more reimbursement records in the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for processing reimbursements to physicians for participating in a medical study, comprising:
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means for receiving patient medical information from a physician relating to the medical study;
means for automatically validating the patient medical information;
means for storing a reimbursement record in a database upon validating the patient medical information, the reimbursement record indicating at least a reimbursement amount and the physician to be reimbursed; and
means for automatically processing at least one reimbursement reimbursement to each physician having reimbursement records in the database. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for processing reimbursements to physicians for participating in one or more medical studies, wherein the one or more medical studies require physicians to perform procedures on one or more patients, the system comprising:
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a microprocessor-based controller;
a computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium includes instructions executable by the microprocessor-based controller to;
receive medical procedure information from one or more physicians for each procedure performed by the one or more physicians on the one or more patients in the medical study;
automatically validate the medical procedure information;
upon validating the medical procedure information, store a reimbursement record in a database for each procedure, the reimbursement record indicating at least a reimbursement amount and the physician to be reimbursed; and
automatically process at least one reimbursement reimbursement to each physician having one or more reimbursement records in the database. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for processing reimbursements to physicians for participating in one or more medical studies, wherein the one or more medical studies require physicians to perform procedures on one or more patients, the method comprising:
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receiving medical procedure information from one or more physicians for each procedure performed by the one or more physicians on the one or more patients in the medical study;
automatically validating the medical procedure information;
upon validating the medical procedure information, storing a reimbursement record in a database for each procedure, the reimbursement record indicating at least a reimbursement amount and the physician to be reimbursed; and
automatically processing at least one reimbursement reimbursement to each physician having one or more reimbursement records in the database. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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